Shirt



. 4(N0 Model.) L- :D` SHIRT.'

No. 580,668. Pate-ntedApLIS, 189.7.

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Vand exact description of the invention, such as UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

LEWIS D. KLAWANSKY, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,668, dated April13, 189'?.

Application met August 27,1896.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, LEwIs D. KLAwANsKY, a citizen of the United States,residing ,at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts; and l dohereby declare the following to be afull, clear,

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to improvements in shirts, and is intendedparticularly as a yoke for shirts in which strength and comfort are theessential features.

The object of the invention is to produce a shirt that will becomfortable and easy under the arms and at the same time of increasedstrength at the points where it is exposed to strain.

rlhe invention is fully described in the following speciflcation andclearly shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a planview of a complete shirt as cut with my improved yoke attached thereto.F ig. z is an elevation 0I the back ot the shirt after being folded, andFig. 3 is a similar View of the front of the shirt. Fig. 4 is a separateview of the yoke.

The yokeA is made, preferably,in one piece and is provided, as usual,with an opening a for the neck. Projecting from the body of the yoke arefour legs a', curved in such a manner that they will complete a circlearound the armhole of the shirt. These legs are enlarged at theirmeeting ends a?. The

V-shaped ends A' of the body of the yoke project beyond these legs andextend downward over the shoulder, and at the front of the yoke oneither side of the neck-opening a are provided projections b.

The shirt B is cut out and the yoke attached thereto, as shown in Fig.1.

Serial No. 604,071. (No model.)

When the shirt is folded and sewed up, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, thelegs a. of the yoke will meet, and on account of their enlarged ends d2they will allow an increased amount of room under the arm of the wearer.The V- shaped ends A will fall over the shoulder and greatly strengthenthat point against tearing the sleeve out, as there will bea doublethickness at that point. The projections b areadapted to come under thefront of the collar and give additional room and strength thereto.

This yoke can be made in one piece, as shown, or the legs can beattached separately, but in either case the legs are enlarged at theirmeeting ends for giving more room under the arm and the yoke providedwith the V- shaped ends A' and projections h.

Loops c are secured under the arms of the shirt, to which the Wristbandcan be buttoned when the sleeve is rolled up.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A shirt provided with a yoke A having a leg a projecting from each ofits four corners, said legs having their ends a2 enlarged and adapted toform a semicircle around the armhole of a shirt, their enlarged ends a2meeting under the arm and forming an enlargementjat said point, a V-shaped projection A at either end of said yoke adapted to cover theshoulder and extend some distance along the top of the sleeve, andprojections b on either side of the neck-opening, all arrangedsubstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LE WIS D. KLAVVANSKY.

Witnesses:

En. A. KELLY, W. Z. DECK.

